#kills

What'll Geoffrey do when you pull off your First, my child?" demanded Miss Haydock. "Well, Eve -- it will be awkward if I do that. Poor lamb! I shall have to make him believe I only did it by looking fragile and pathetic at the viva. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#academia #academic-degrees #achievements #clichés #double-standards

Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- or so they used to say. It would be interesting to know how many great women have had great fathers and husbands behind them. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#clichés #double-standards #empowerment #feminism #gender

It's never been more important for borrowers to arm themselves with knowledge and build sound financial-management skills. ↗

— Robert Manning

#been #borrowers #build #important #knowledge

Continue to study and learn new skills. ↗

— Edie McClurg

#learn #new #new skills #skills #study

When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease - of joy that kills. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#died #disease #doctors #had #heart

I knew that Steve Harvey had a good, solid message to share, and I wanted to use my knowledge and skills as a relationship author to help him bring his message to those who were willing to receive it. ↗

— Denene Millner

#bring #good #had #harvey #help

Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self. ↗

— John Milton

#creature #destroys #god #good #good book

But my role is to just apply the skills I've learned over the years: you listen to the guitar, you listen to the vocal melodies, you listen to the rhythm, and you come up with something that helps you take the song somewhere. ↗

— Krist Novoselic

#come #guitar #helps #i #just

I don't think it negates your skills as a parent if you're homosexual. ↗

— Rosie O'Donnell

#i #parent #skills #think #you

You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete, no matter how old they are or how much money they have. Education was the gateway to opportunity for me. It was the gateway for Michelle. And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a middle-class life. ↗

— Barack Obama

#choose #compete #education #ever #future